In
every city across America these days—rotting bridges, broken highways
and most infrastructure decay at alarming rates of speed. With everything
in this series, our nation grows so fast, it cannot repair the foundation
on which that growth depends.

When
we talked about the electrical grid, we discovered it would cost taxpayers
$142 billion in 40 years to add enough power grids to support 142 million
added people. It costs $1 billion per one million people added to the
USA. When I try to wrap my mind around the costs, my head hurts.

In
2007, a wakeup bell, concerning our eroding Interstate system, slammed
into the national consciousness. The eight lane bridge on I-35 through
Minneapolis, spanning the Mississippi River collapsed, in a deadly nightmare
come to life. Thirteen people died and 100 suffered injuries.

Mary
Peters, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, said, “Bridges in America
should not fall down.”

Unfortunately,
not known by the general public, 1,500 U.S. bridges collapsed between
1966 and 2005. More than 70,000 bridges are rated structurally deficient.
Most distressing, they carry 300 million vehicles per day.

“As
of 2003, 27.1 percent of the nation’s bridges were structurally
deficient or functionally obsolete,” Rubenstein said. “In
that year, however, one in three urban bridges—a much higher rate
than the national average—was in those categories.”

What
does immigration have to do with bridges? For a sobering understanding
of what caused the United States to grow by 100 million people in 40
years, the reason originates from the 1965 Immigration Reform Act that
opened America’s borders to full scale 1.1 to 1.5 million immigrants
annually.

While
carrying for them and their needs by taxpayer money, their numbers exploded
across every state. Infrastructure could not be maintained at a safe
level. Big cities cannot cope with the massive population loading.

When
you add to the mix, a whopping $346 billion annually in costs just to
keep up with the 20 million illegal alien migrant load, you can see
why our infrastructure crumbles before our eyes.

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“It
would cost $9.4 billion a year for 20 years to repair all substandard
bridges,” Rubenstein said. “In a separate report, the Federal
Highway Administration says the backlog of needed bridge repairs would
take at least $55 billion.”

How
can the U.S. reduce the costs of one condition to allow money funneled
into infrastructure repair?

“Reducing
the demand for such projects—by population and immigration controls—may
be the best alternative,” said Rubenstein.

Does
Rubenstein pick on immigrants? “Immigrants are poorer, pay less
taxes, and are more likely to receive public benefits than natives and
that negative will increase as the share of immigrants in the population
increases,” Rubenstein said. “The average immigrant household
generates, federal, state and local, fiscal deficits of $7,806.00. There
are 36 million immigrants living in nine million household, so the aggregate
deficit attributable to immigrants adds up to $70.3 billion annually.”

California
leads the nation with 10 million legal immigrants and four million criminal
alien migrants. In 2004, the state transferred $3.1 billion out of the
transportation fund to the general fund to care for legal and illegal
immigrants in various social programs. Sobering reality: 38 of the nation’s
50 most heavily trafficked bridges deemed structurally deficient are
located in California. Those bridges receive 27 million crossings daily.

During
the rebuilding of the south after Hurricane Katrina, construction companies
hired thousands of criminal aliens with bogus Social Security cards
in lieu of qualified American workers.

“The
owner of Tarrasco Steel, a company that supplied workers for the Biloxi
Bay Bridge, was arrested and charged with hiring immigrants in three
states,” Rubenstein said. “They lacked valid welding certifications
attesting to their competence for the job.”

In
the end, terrorism threats don’t compare with the danger of catastrophic
infrastructure failure due to cheap, illegal, incompetent criminal alien
labor.

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With
the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars continuing into perpetuity at a cost of
$12 billion monthly, we face horrific infrastructure crises exposed
by the Rubenstein report—without any ability to fund rebuilding
our own country. You almost cannot help wondering if you and your loved
ones will be crossing one of those bridges that most certainly will
collapse in the coming years.

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Frosty
Wooldridge possesses a unique view of the world, cultures and families
in that he has bicycled around the globe 100,000 miles, on six continents
and six times across the United States in the past 30 years. His published
books include: "HANDBOOK FOR TOURING BICYCLISTS" ; “STRIKE THREE! TAKE
YOUR BASE”; “IMMIGRATION’S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY CONSEQUENCES”; “MOTORCYCLE
ADVENTURE TO ALASKA: INTO THE WIND—A TEEN NOVEL”; “BICYCLING AROUND THE
WORLD: TIRE TRACKS FOR YOUR IMAGINATION”; “AN EXTREME ENCOUNTER: ANTARCTIA.”
His next book: “TILTING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY INTO A SWAMP.” He lives
in Denver, Colorado.

Unfortunately,
not known by the general public, 1,500 U.S. bridges collapsed between
1966 and 2005. More than 70,000 bridges are rated structurally deficient.
Most distressing, they carry 300 million vehicles per day.